25 members of Iraqi security forces and ten militants were killed after allies of the jailed men launched military-style attacks on two jails, according to reports. Inmates only escaped from one jail.
The Abu Ghraib prison, now renamed Baghdad Central Prison and run by Iraqis in Baghdad, was the target of attacks by militants who freed their allies through attacks using car bombs, mortars and machine guns, officials said.
Via: Karim Kadim, File / AP
Suicide bombers drove cars packed with explosives to the gates of the prison on the outskirts of Baghdad on Sunday night and blasted their way into the compound, while gunmen attacked guards with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades. Other militants took up positions near the main road, fighting off security reinforcements sent from Baghdad as several militants wearing suicide vests entered the prison on foot to help free the inmates.
